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LATIN · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

fomentum.

poultice/dressing; hot/cold compress; solace, alleviation; kindling; wick;

8 characters3 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[foːˈmɛn.tũː]Classical-Latin[foˈmɛn.tum]
  1. A warm application, lotion, compress or poultice, fomentation.

    declension-2 · plural-normally
  2. Kindling-wood, touchwood, tinder.

    broadly · declension-2
  3. A remedy, lenitive, mitigation, alleviation.

    declension-2 · figuratively
Where this word comes from

Contraction of *fovimentum, from foveō (“keep warm; support, assist”) + -mentum (compare mōmentum, from moveō).

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